Adjustable bench and pedal attachment for pianos.



B. MAYHER. ADJUSTABLE BENCH AND PEDAL ATTACHMENT FOR PIANOS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 29,1915- Patented Sept. 19, 1916.

- T 1 I .IIIIIIIIIIIIII BEULAH MAYHER, OF GLENWOOD, ARKANSAS.

ADJUSTABLE BENCH AND PEDAL ATTACHMENT FOR PIANOS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 19, 1916.

Application filed June 29, 1915. Serial No. 36,929.

citizen of the United States, residing at Glenwood, in the county ofPike and State of Arkansas, have'invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Adjustable Bench and Pedal Attachments for Pianos, ofwhich the following is a. specification.

This invention relates to adjustable bench and pedal attachments forpianos.

The object of my invention is to provide a piano bench that is butlittle different in appearance from the conventional piano bench, butembodying adjustment features whereby the seat may be quickly raised orlowered to any desired position, so that a child may be in properposition before the instrument.

My device also embodies an adjustable pedal attachment which may bewithdrawn from beneath the bench, with which it is slidably engaged, sothat the pedal depressors will contact with the pedals of a piano. Withmy device a child may sit at a piano as comfortably as a person ofmature years, thereby lessening the strain put upon children byrequiring long practice in an uncomfortable position.

Other objects of this invention not at this time more particularlyenumerated, will be clearly understood from the detailed description anddrawings forming a part of this specification.

Furthermore, this invention consists in the novel arrangements andcombination of parts more particularly described in the followingspecification and embodied in the claim appended hereunto and forming apart of this application.

Referring now to the drawings, which are merely illustrative of myinvention, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my device illustrating itsoperative position with respect to a piano. Fig. 2 is a rear elevationof my adjustable bench and pedal attachment. Fig. 3 is a detailsectional view of the pawl and ratchet construction for raising andlowering the seat of the bench.

Referring further to the drawings, wherein similar reference charactersdesignate similar parts throughout the respective views, 1 designatesthe sides of my bench, having a false top 2 mounted upon the upper endsthereof. Said top is formed with an elongated slot 3 near both endsthereof and adj acent' the inner face of said sides 1. A seat 4: ismounted upon the upper ends of supports 5 vertically mounted within saidslots 3. The said supports and seat are vertically adjustable by meansof ratchets 6 secured upon both supports and adopted to be engaged bypawls 7. The pawls are disengaged from the ratchets by oppositelydisposed levers 8 secured at their ends to said pawls and at the otherends terminating in handles 9, said handles being located at a pointcentrally of said false top. Said levers are slidably mounted adjacentthe under side of said top by means of a. plurality of brackets 10.

A frame is provided, having sides 11 vertically depending from the underside of the false top 2 and extending to a point near the lower end ofthe sides 1. A bottom 12 is secured to the lower ends of said sides 11,said bottom being provided with a groove track 13 upon the upper facethereof.

A pedal attachment 14 comprising a casing substantially of the samelength as the width of said bench, is provided with a tongue 15 uponboth sides near the bottom thereof, said tongues being adapted toslidably engage with said groove track 13 whereby said casing may bepushed entirely beneath the bench. A plurality of rollers 16 mounted onthe underside of said casing are adapted to support the end thereof whenpulled outwardly with respect to said bench. A plurality of piano pedaldepressors 17, having heads 18 formed upon the upper ends thereof andslightly curved pedal treads 19 formed upon the lower ends thereof, aremounted in a substantially upright position through said casing near theforward end thereof. A spring member 20 is mounted around each of saiddepressors adapted to return the same to inoperative position whenpressure is removed from the head thereof.

From the construction described, it is obvious that when the seat of thebench is raised and the levers 8 are separated the pawls willautomatically engage the ratchets and retain the false top in raisedposition; also that the compression of the levers 8 will release thepawls so that the seat may and pedal attachments for pianos beingobvious, it is unnecessary to further enlarge upon the same herein.

Havin now described and pointed out the new and useful features of myinvention, I do not limit myself to the shape of certain parts where theshape is not essential, nor do I restrict myself to the exact details ofconstruction shown and described, but mean and intend to claim allequivalents and variations thereof not departing in principle from myinvention, and falling wlthin the purview of the appended claim.

WVhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A bench of the class described, including a main supporting frame,depending supporting sides carried thereby and having inwardly directedarms, a casing slidable on said arms, a plurality of inclined plungerarms carried by said casing, said arms being maintained in upwardposition by means of springs, the lower free ends of the arms beingadapted to engage piano pedals or the like, and the upper ends beingprovided with foot engaging portions.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature hereto.

BEULAH MAYHER.

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